Executive Summary

Summary
Title spamdyke: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201203-01 First vendor Publication 2012-03-06
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2012-03-06
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in spamdyke might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

spamdyke is a drop-in connection-time spam filter for qmail.

Description

Boundary errors related to the "snprintf()" and "vsnprintf()" functions in spamdyke could cause a buffer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All spamdyke users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamdyke-4.3.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0802 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0802

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-01.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-01.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 33

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-03-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201203-01 (spamdyke)
File : nvt/glsa_201203_01.nasl
2012-02-12 Name : FreeBSD Ports: spamdyke
File : nvt/freebsd_spamdyke0.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
78351 spamdyke Multiple Function Boundary Error Remote Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-03-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201203-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-24 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_7d2336c2460711e19f4700e0815b8da8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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